Joseph wiesbaueb



(No Model.)

J. WIESBAUER. COMBINED ASH AND CIGAR REGEPTAGLE. No. 441,913. PatentedDec. 2, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

JOSEPH WIESBAUER, OF BUFFALO, NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MfWIESBAUER, OFSAME PLACE. 1

COMBINED ASH AND CIGAR RECEPTACLEQ SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 441,913, dated December 2, 1890.

Application filed June 9, 1890. Serial No. 354,802. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH VVIESBAUER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New 5 York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Combined Ash and CigarReceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the receptacles to which are attached tobilliard and other tables for the purpose of temporarily holding alighted cigar and receiving the ashes thereof.

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient receptacle of thiskind which I 5 may be swung out of the way when not re quired, and whichcan be manufactured at small cost.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is .a perspective view of myimproved cigar-re- 2o ceptacle attached to the edge of a table. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the body or box of the receptacle. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of the receptacle applied to a table.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts 2 5 in the severalfigures.

A represents the top of a table or other support to which the receptacleis attached.

B is a rectangular metallic box or drawer forming the body of thereceptacle, and C is a plate or cover closing the open upper end of thereceptacle and provided at its inner end with an extension 0. The coverC is pivoted to the under side of the overhanging edge of the tabletopby a screw d, passing through 3 an opening in the extension of thecover. The receptacle can thus be swung outwardly beyond the edge of thetable to expose the same, or inwardly under the same so as to be out ofthe way. The extension of the cover is preferably provided with amarginal rim for stiffening or strengthening it, as represented in Fig.3. The side walls of the receptacle are provided at their upper edgeswith outwardly-bent flanges or lips c, and the cover 0 is provided atits longitudinal edges with inwardly-projecting flanges or lips'f, whichoverlap the flanges of the side walls, By this construction thereceptacle is suspended from the pivoted cover and capable of beingdetached from the cover by sliding it outwardly on the cover.

The receptacle is constructed of sheet metal, and its side walls aredisconnected from the end walls, the side walls being connected only tothe bottom of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2. These side walls arebent outwardly, as shown in said figure, so that the same must bepressed inwardly toward each other, in order to insert the flanges ofthe receptacle between the lips of the cover. 6o The elasticity of thesheet metal permits the sides of the receptacle to be compressed, andcauses the same to again spring outward when the receptacle is withdrawnfrom the cover. By this construction of the receptacle the flangesthereof are caused to exert an outward pressure against the lips of thecover, creating aforcible frictional contact between the contiguousflanges, which prevents the receptacle from sliding too freely on thecover and becoming displaced.

The cover G is provided on its upper side with a shallow longitudinalcavity or depression g forreceiving and retaininga cigar, and with oneor more slots or openings 71, through which the ashes are deposited intothe receptacle below.

The cover or supporting-plate with its flanges is stamped from a singleblank of sheet metal, and the receptacle with its lips or flanges isalso stamped complete from a single piece, forming a cheap receptaclecomposed of only two parts.

The receptacle is readily emptied, when filled .with ashes, by simplywithdrawing it from the cover.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the rectangular box orreceptacle having elastic side walls provided with longitudinal flangesor lips, of go a cover adapted to be attached to a support and havingmarginal lips or flanges which engage with the lips of the receptacle,substantially as set forth. 4

2. The combination, with the sliding box 5 or receptacle having elasticside walls disthrough which the ashes drop into the receptacle,substantially as set forth.

\Vitness myhand this 3d dayof June, 1890.

JOSEPH VIESBAUER.

Witnesses:

CARL F. GEYER, FRED. C. GEYER.

